Kars Castle (Kars, Turkey)
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Name (Latin)
Kars Castle (Kars, Turkey)
Other forms of name
Iç Kale (Kars, Turkey)
Kars Citadel (Kars, Turkey)
Kars Kalesi (Kars, Turkey)
Kars Merkez Kalesi (Kars, Turkey)
Stadel (Kars, Turkey)
Coordinates
43.08972222 43.08972222 40.61361111 40.61361111 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Castles Turkey
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q5050393
Library of congress:
sh2011000930
Sources of Information
- Kenthaber website, 23 Feb. 2011:Kars > Kaleler > Kars Kalesi (Kars Kalesi)
- Wikipedia, 23 Feb. 2011:Kars, Turkey (Kars Citadel; Kars Castle (Kars Kalesi), also known as the citadel, sits at the top a rocky hill overlooking Kars; its walls date back to the Bagratuni Armenian period but it probably took on its present form during the thirteenth century when Kars was ruled by the Zak'arid dynasty)
- Vikipedi [Turkish Wikipedia], 23 Feb. 2011:Kars (Kars Kalesi; variants: Kars Merkez Kalesi; Iç Kale; Stadel)
- Tarih Eserler website, 23 Feb. 2011:Tarihi Eserler > Kars > Kars Kalesi (Kars Kalesi; built in 1153 on the orders of Saltuklu İzzeddin'in vizier of Sultan Malik Firuz Akay; the castle was destroyed during the invasion of Timur, the Sultan of the Ottoman period III. Murat requested to rebuild in 1579 by the Lala Mustafa Pasha.)